April, 'lO] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 193 



The association commended the work which is being < clone 

 to control the gypsy and brown-tail moths in New England, 

 endorsed the bill before Congress to provide for the establish- 

 ment of standards of purity of insecticides and fungicides, and 

 advocated the passage by Congress of a national law to pre- 

 vent the importation of dangerously injurious insects and 

 fungus diseases from foreign countries. 



The report of the secretary showed that the association was 

 increasing in membership and was in good financial condition. 

 The Journal of Economic Entomology* which is the official 

 organ of the association, was also reported by the business 

 manager to be in a thriving condition. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 

 President, Prof. E. D. Sanderson, Durham, N. H. ; first vice- 

 president, Dr. H. T. Fernald, Amherst Mass.; second vice- 

 president, Prof. P. J. Parrott, Geneva, N. Y. ; secretary, A. F. 

 Burgess, Washington, D. C. 



The annual meeting of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 

 was held at 55 Stuyvesant Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., January 

 6th, with sixteen members and five visitors present. 



The following officers were elected unanimously : President, 

 John B. Smith; vice-president, Geo. P. Engelhardt ; treasurer, 

 Chris. E. Olsen ; corresponding secretary, A. C. Weeks ; re- 

 cording secretary, R. P. Dow; librarian, F. M. Schott ; curator, 

 Geo. Franck. John B. Smith was re-appointed delegate to the 

 New York Academy of Sciences. 



It was voted to amend the by-laws, making the meetings on 

 the second Thursday after the first Tuesday of each month. 

 This change makes the meeting full nine days later than those 

 of the New York Entomological Society, whereas in the past 

 the meetings were two days apart. 



Robert Schmaltz reported that he had mated a cyntliia and 

 cecropia moth, obtaining several hundred fertile eggs. The 

 larvae were distinctive, but all save two died when about hall 

 grown. One died in cocoon and one is still alive. 



